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PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

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No. 872,531. PATBNTEDDEG. s, 1907.

F. W. MiLLER.

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FREDRI'OK W. MILLER, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.

WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

memo Dec. 3, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRICK W.'MILLnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muskegon, in the county of Muskegon and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvement: in Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

M invention pertains to we ons, more perticu arl dumping wagons; an it has for one of its 0 jects to provide a. wagon embodying such a construction that it may be tu c with facility, and -any one of the wheels may pass over an obstacle without racking or otherwise injuring the wagon as a who 0.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a dumping wagon embodyi v a vertically swingin bottom, and means w ereby the driver of t 1e wagon is enabled to release the said bottom and is also enabled to replace and lock the bottom in its closed position without leaving his seat on the wagon.

Another object is the provision of a w on comprising a body constructed with a view of carrving asphalt in such manner as to revent the escape of heat from the asp alt while it is enroute to the point of use.

Other advantageous characteristics of my inventionwill be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the accomanying drawi s, forming part of this speci cation, in whiz- 1:

Figure 1 is an elevation of one side of the wagon constituting the present and preferred embodiment of my invention, as the same appears when the lunged sideboard and end board of the body are secured in their u per position. Fig. 2 is a similar view of t c opposite side of the wagon. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation of the wagon; the some being shown with the arms V omitted. Fig. 3 is a. detail, inverted plan view iilustratin the connections between the lower arm 0 the hand lever g and the rock-shaft a. Fig. 4 is a. transverse section taken in the plane indicated by the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, looking forwardly, and illustrating all of the arts in front of the said plane; the arms i being omitted. Fi 5 is a detail View showing the manner in which the hinged end board and the hinged side boards of the body are secured together when the some are in their upper positions. I Figs. 6 and 7 are detail sections illustrating the arrangement of the king bolt in the front axle of the wagon. Fig. 8 is a top plan view ofthe wagon with the side boards of the bodi closed down upon the upper edges of the ody.

Similar otters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which:

A is the rear axle of the wagon. B is n. bolster fixed thereon.

C is the front axle.

D is a bolster dis; osecl above the front axle.

E is the wagon bod which is arm ed on and fixedly connecte to the bolsters and D and serves to connect the said bolsters together.

F is a bowed and slotted plate disposed under and fixedly connected to the front axle C and he v a lo itudinal slot a.

G is a metallic race edly connected to the front end wall of the body E and having a rearwardly extendi lower portion b, Figs. 6 and 7, dispos under the bowed plate F.

H is a central socket fixed on the upper side of the front axle 0 above and in communication with aslot 0 in said axle.

I is a ball fixed on the under side of the front bolster D and disposed and adapted to move in the socket H, and J is a bolt extending downward thro h the bolster D, ball I, socket H, slot 0 in t e axle 0, slot 0. in the bowed plate F, and the rearwardly extending portion 6 of the brace G, and secured below the said brace portion b through the medium of a nut d or any other means compatible with the purpose of my invention.

By virtue of the construction thus far described, it will be apparent that the frontaxle C is free to swing-horizontally toward the right or toward the left to facilitaite turning of the wagon, audit will also be apparentthat any one of-the wheels on the axle may be raised as in passing over a stone or other obstacle in its ath without racking or twisting or in any ct ier way subf'ectin the wagon to undue strain. This wil be etter appreciated when it is noticed that in the event of one of the front wheels being raised, the axle O and the socket H will move on and with respect to the king bolt J and the ball I, respec-lively, and in the event of one of the rear wheels being raised the hall I and the king bolt J will move in and with respect to sooket H t and the axle ,C, res peotively. enfthefwagonis one level and the front le'Giss'wung horizontally in one direction the'other, the socket will turn about the 51', fan'clthe axle (3 and bowed plate F will urn bout-the. king bolt- J. It will further ssgs poenr that. the novel connection betweenthe iront bplster-D and the front axle strong and durable-one and is well to ff vithstand gore rough usage to wagons are ordinarily l fili e J I i v e -body E ofthe wagon may hoof any shspefand'oonstruotion com atible with the purpose-'of-myinven't-ion wit rout involving a departure from the scope thereof, though I prefer tohav'e it oompriselower vertical side 'walls "a; uppervertioal side walls f intermedi a,texobljquel side walls g whiehdec-line m- :ward from the walls f to the walls a, arear end wall It disposed vertically and fixed to the side walls, a front end wall k disposed vertically and fixed to the side walls and bearing astep 1, false end walls 'm and n, see dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, which are arrengedbetween the side walls and decline inward or toward the transverse center of the body, and a bottom wall p-' Thisla-tter shinged'to one-side wall of the body, prefer- .abl- Ithe right hand side wall, and is desi ned to hold up against the lower edge the other side wall. It is also designed when re-v leased to gravitate to a vertical, pendent position' so as to permit the contents of the [bod to drop therefrom. I prefer to effect {the 'nge eonneotionof the bottom 1) in the '1" spanner-best shown in Figs. 1 and 4thetis r to say, through'the medium of a longitudinal arranged in straps r depending therefrom, and straps s connected to the bottom p -fand receiving the said rod q. 011 its under side and ad'ecentto its free or longitudinal edge the bottom p is provided with a-loo' ore e t, Figs- 2 and 4, for a purpose whi'o will 6 presently pointed out.

Kis the driver's seat of the wagon, which is preferably of a special construction for a purpose presently pointed out. Q L, Figs. 2, 3 and 4, is the mechanisnifor holding the bottom p in its closed position and for enabling the driver on the seat K to release the bottom whenever he desires to discharge the load of the wagon, and M, Figs. 1, 3 and 4, isthe mechanism through the medium of which the driver on the seat K. isenahled to raise the bottom 7) to its closed position recedent to securing the bot-tom p in sair lposition by operating the mechanism L. he mechanism L- oom- ='-prises one or more, preferably three, vertical rook shafts it which are journaled in bearings on tho side wall of the bod and have in- ;Iwardly directed arms 4 at. t eir lower ends. fla designed to rest. below the tree or swinging rod q disposed under the right hand side wall portion of the bottom p and outwardly dirooted arms 10 at their upper ends, a longitudinal rod w connecting the arms 11) of the sev- I oral rook shafts 11., a hand lever y fulcrumed at an intermediate point of" itslength at one side of the forward portion of the body E and having its u per end arranged within convenient reacli of the driver on the sear K,

and a link 2 interposed between and connecting the lower arm of the lever y and the for- 'ward end of the rod Jr. Vii-l1 the arts in the position shown in Fig. 2, it wil be apparent-that the lower arms o of the rock shafts u will rest under the swinging portion of the bottom 1) and preclude casual downward movement of the said bottom. Then, however, the 11 per arm of the lever y is swung toward t e ream-it will be seen that the rock shafts u will he turned on their a-xes so as to move the arms '1 outward beyond the swinging edge of the bottom p, when the said bottom will be released and will swing down into a vertical position at one side. of the bod E so as to permit the contents of the said body to freely drop out of the some.

The mechanism M com rises a longitudinal rook shaft o journals in suitable hearings at the right hand side of the body E and having an upwardlv disposed arm I) at its forward end and also having a lateral arm a, Fig. 4,. at its rear end whiol'i lateral arm 0' terminates in a hook d permanently engaged with the loop or eye t on the hot- 7 tom p, a horizontally swinging bell crank e, Figs. 1, 3, 3 am 4, fulerumed on the forward portion of the body E at the right hand'side thereof, a link f connecting the forwardly extending arm of the said' bell crank and the arm 5' of the rock shaft o, a lever g fulcrumed otthe right hand side of the forward portion of the hody and having its upper arm arranged within convenient reach of the driver on the seat K, and a link h connected. to the lower arm of the said lever g and connected to the outwardly extending arm of the bell crank e at e in Figs. 1 and 3". As shown in Fig. l, the iutermediate portion of the bell era-11k e is preferably bent slightly upward so that said intermediate portion rests in a plane above the ends of the hell drank. With the ports in the position shown in Fig. l, the bottom 1) is secured in its closed position, and when the said bottom is released and falls as hefore described the upper arm of the lever g is moved toward t 10 rear, and the lower arm of said lover is moved forward. .Iow when it is renlem wred that Fig. 3 is an i11 verted plan view and that the link 14. is conneoted to the lower arm of lover y it will he soon that when the up -r arm of said lever g is moved lo'mvm'd aim the lower arm thorool" rou-mvm'd, the holl-orank n, Fig. 3", will be swung on )ivot. a" in the direction of the arrow on the one arm. of tho lu-ll-orali'lli. the

link will be drawn endwise in the direction of said arrow, and the rock-shaft a will be rocked in the direction of the arrow on said shaft with the result that through the medium of the rear arm 0 on rock-shaft a, Fig. 4, the bottom 19 will be raised to its closed position. Now while the bottom p is in the latter position the driver on the seat K moves the up er arm of the lever y forward, when as wiII be readily apparent the lower arms '0 of the rock shafts u will be caused to assume positions below the swing ing edge of the bottom p so as to securely fasten the said bottom 29 in its closed position and in that way preclude casual discharge of the load from the wagon.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that not only is the driver on the seat K enabled to release the bottom p to discharge the load and then raise the said bottom 1) to and secure it in its closed position, but he is enabled to perform the said operations quickly and with the expenditure of but a minimum amount of effort. It will also be gathered that the bottom raising mechanism and the bottom securing and releasing mechanism are simple and durable, and afford considerable leverage so that the driver has but to expend little effort in raising the bottom 19 and in securing and releasing the said bottom. In this latter connection it will be noticed that when the wagon is loaded and it is desired to discharge the load, the driver has but to withdraw the arms 0 of the rock shafts u from under the bottom 19 when the weight of the load willimmediately cause the said bottom p to assumeits pendent and fully open position.

N is a horizontal board arranged under and carrying the drivers seat K and connected at its forward edge to the forward end of the body E through the medium of a hinge P whereby the said board N is adapted to swing upward and forward on the body E so as to permit of asphalt or other material being readily placed in the forward portion I of said body E. Q is a ledge fixed to and extending rearwardly from the said board N, and R is the front end board while S is the rear end board and T T the side boards which form an upward extension on the body E and in that way contribute materially to the capacity of the wagon for carrying grain, coal and similar material in bulk. The front end board It is fixed to the rear edge of the board N and is movable with said board N on and off the body E for the purpose before described. The rear end board S is hinged .to the rear end wall h of the body E while the side boards T are hinged at U to the upper edges of the side walls of the said body E. When the side boards T are swung upwardly and outwardly to their open positions, it will be apparent that arms V with which said side boards are provided will bring up against the outer sides of the upper portions of the side walls of the.

body and in that way assist in maintaining the said boards T in their open position. It will also be seen that when the side boards T are open their forward ends will rest in keepers W on the front end board-R, while hooks X on their rear ends will rest between cam-like protuberances Y on the rear end board S, and upturned lugs'Z provided at the extreme ends of said rear end board S. From this it follows that when the boards T and S are in their open positions there is no liability of any one of the said boards falling outwardly. When, however, it is desired to disconnect the end board S from the side boards T, the same may be readily accomplished by swinging the side boards T inward to a vertical position when the upper edge of the end board S will clear the ends of the hooks X, and said end board S may then be swung down into a pendent position at the rear end of the body. With this done the side boards T may be swung into a horizontal position on the body E as shown in Fig. 8 so as to cover the said body E and in that way prevent the escape of heat from asphalt when the same is carried in the body.

When the wagon is employed to transport asphalt or the like, it will be seen that after the asphalt has been discharged from the body E in the manner before described in detail, the side boards T and the end board S may be raised to an open position, and then the hooks X on the side boards T may be moved outward over the cam-like protuberances Y on the endboard S until they assume positions between said protuberances and the lugs Z when said side boards and rear end board will be locked together without liability of either moving casually from its open position. Now when open the side boards T and end board S will obviously facilitate the placing of asphalt or other material in the body E, and after the body E is fully loaded the said side boards may be closedv over the body E for the purpose before stated. When the side boards T are closed as stated the before mentioned ledge Q on the board N will serve to support the inner forward portions of the side boards.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a definite understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the said specific construction and relative arrangement of parts as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a body'having a vertically swinging bottom; of a rock shaft dis osed vertically in a bearing on the body and having an arm arranged to assume a position below the swinging portion of the bottom, and also having an arm through the medium of which it may be rocked.

2. In a dumpil'lg wagon, the combination with a body having a vertically swinging bottom; of a lever mounted on the body, a rock shaft disposed vertically in a bearing on the body and having an arm arranged to assume a position below the swinging portion of the bottom and also having an arm extending in an opposite direction with respect to the first mentioned arm, and a connection between the second mentioned arm of the rock shaft and the lever.

3. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a body having a vertically swinging bottom 5' of a lever mounted on the body, rock shafts disposed vertically in hearings on the body at intervals in the length thereof and having lower arms arranged to assume positions below the swinging portion of the bottom and also having upper arms extending in an opposite direction with respect to the first mentioned arms, and connections between the upper arms of the rock shafts and the said lever.

4. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a body having a vertically swinging bottom hinged to one of its sides; of a lever mounted on the body, rock shafts disposed vertically in bearings on the side of the body at intervals in the length thereof and having rearwardly and inwardly extending arms at their lower ends and rearwardly and out wardly extending arms at their upper ends, a rod connecting the upper arms of the sev eral rock. shafts, and a connection between the said rod and the lever.

5. In a dumping wagon, the combination of a. body having a vertically swinging bottom provided adjacent to its swinging edge with a loop or eye, a rock-shaft journaled on the body and having an arm disposed below the swinging bottom and terminating in a hook dlsposed 1n the loop or eye on said bot- I tom, a lever, and a connection between the 1 lever and the rock shaft for moving the latter by the former.

6. In a dumping wagon, the combination of a body having a vertically swinging bot tom hinged to it at one side, a movable device at the opposite side of the body adapted in one positlon to retain the bottom in its closed position, a manipulating device at the of their ends and then downward, and an end board hinged to and arranged to swing on the body at a right angle to the direction ofmovement of the side boards and. having cam-like protuberances on its upper edge adjacent to its ends and also having up turnedlugs at its ends; the said end board being also arranged when in its raised position to rest within the hooks on the side boards and with its cam-like protuberances at the inner sides of the longitudinally ex tending portions of said hooks.

8. In a wagon, the combination of a body, a seat board. hinged to the forward end of the body so as to swing upward. and forward therefrom, a front end board fixed to and extending up from the rear portion of the seat board and. having keepers at its ends, side boards hinged to the body and having hooks on the upper portions of their rear ends, and an end board hinged to the body and having cam-like protuberances on its upper edge adjacent to its ends and also having upturned lugs beyond the outer ends of v the protuberances.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDRICK WV. MILLER.

Vitnesses GHARLEY J. MA'r'rsoN, OLAF OLSON. 

